Remote Fax commands; Change the Fax Forwarding, ; Paging or Fax Storage settings- Page 74

Brother MFC-5490CN User's Guide

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USER’S GUIDE MFC-5490CN
Section II: Fax
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Chapter 9

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Remote Fax commands

9

Follow the commands below to access features when you are away from the machine. When you 
call the machine and enter your remote access code (3 digits followed by 

l

), the system will give 

two short beeps and you must enter a remote command.

Remote commands

Operation details

95

Change the Fax Forwarding, 
Paging or Fax Storage settings

1 OFF

You can choose 

Off

 after you have retrieved or erased all 

your messages.

2 Fax Forwarding

One long beep means the change is accepted. If you hear 
three short beeps, you cannot change it because something 
has not been set up (for example, a Fax Forwarding or 
Paging number has not been registered). You can register 
your Fax Forwarding number by entering 4. (See 

Changing 

your Fax Forwarding number

 on page 61.) Once you have 

registered the number, Fax Forwarding will work.

3 Paging

4 Fax Forwarding number

6 Fax Storage 

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Retrieve a fax

2 Retrieve all faxes

Enter the number of a remote fax machine to receive stored 
fax messages. (Se

Retrieving fax messages

 on page 61.)

3 Erase faxes from the memory

If you hear one long beep, fax messages have been erased 
from the memory.

97

Check the receiving status

1 Fax

You can check whether your machine has received any 
faxes or voice messages. If yes, you will hear one long 
beep. If no, you will hear three short beeps.

98

Change the Receive Mode

1 External TAD

If you hear one long beep, your change has been accepted.

2 Fax/Tel

3 Fax Only

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Exit

Pressing 

9

 

0

 allows you to exit remote retrieval. Wait for the 

long beep, then replace the handset.

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  • 4. (See Changing your Fax Forwarding number on page 61.
  • 61.) 3 Erase faxes from the memory If you hear one long beep, fax messages have been erased from the memory.

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